9 Hours a Week

I am now the proud owner of 9 hours of all-to-myself time every week. 3 hours, 3 days a week, minus about half an hour for driving each day, so that is an hour and a half lost. Still, that means I have 7.5 hours a week.

I thought I might join a gym.

I thought I might start running again.

I thought I might keep the house clean and the shopping up to date.

I thought I might organize our belongings and declutter the house.

I thought I would take all of our files paperless.

I thought I might go window shopping.

I thought I might write more.

I thought I might start selling my rosaries again and open an Etsy store.

I thought I might take up piano again.

I thought I might go back to school (which proved too expensive.)

If I couldn’t go back to school I thought I might just read through a bunch of classics.

I thought I might check facebook just one more time…

All in 7.5 hours per week. I think I need a reality check.

What I realized on a retreat a few weeks ago is that I have been running on empty – or less than empty, actually going into energy-debt, for years now. I need to learn how to stop and breathe. I need to refill my inner tank so that I can better fill the tanks of my husband and children. I will dabble in many of the above things I listed, but when people ask me what I am going to do with myself now that I have all this time the answer will probably be “Not much.”

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I'm Jenni. Wife to my hero, mom to 10 great kids ranging from 0-25 years old. I stay busy washing their clothes and driving them everywhere. I am a convert to the Catholic faith and I'm on the RCIA team at my parish. I love photography, writing, beadwork, sewing, reading. I dabble in science fiction TV and movies and am an avid fan of J.R.R Tolkein and C.S. Lewis.
I write here at CirclingJericho.com and try to keep a photo blog of the family at GroftZoo.com.
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